SHANE van GISBERGEN
Shane van Gisbergen wins the Pacific Office Automation 147 at Portland International Raceway
Shane van Gisbergen qualified second for the Pacific Office Automation 147.
Shane van Gisbergen and the Quad Lock team started the 75-lap event from second on Saturday afternoon. By lap 15 SVG worked his way back into second after dropping to third on lap one. SVG took over the race lead on lap 16 and lead the field until making a scheduled green-flag pit stop with two laps remaining in the stage. Following the stop, Van Gisbergen ended the stage in 32nd on lap 25.
Van Gisbergen started the second stage from the lead on lap 29. Following contact on the restart, Van Gisbergen slipped to fifth on lap 34 and maintained his position, ultimately finishing the second stage in fifth on lap 50.
Van Gisbergen started the final stage in 10th with 21 laps remaining in the race. SVG worked his way up to second when caution flag waved once again with 13 laps remaining in the race. Staying out, the Quad Lock team restarted second with eight laps remaining.
Following another quick caution, Van Gisbergen maintained his position and restarted in second once again with four laps remaining in the 75-lap event. On the restart, Van Gisbergen took over the lead and never looked back, earning his first-career NASCAR Xfinity Series Victory.
"What an effort by this Quad Lock Kaulig team. We fought through a little adversity through the middle part of the race but never gave up and ended up with a great result!"
- Shane van Gisbergen